Chapter 191 Return to the End of the World 19
The snow stopped for a few days and then started falling again. The sky was full of flying goose feathers, which made the sound of salt grains rubbing against each other when they fell to the ground.
The wind was getting stronger.
When Chen Qian was six months pregnant, it was already very difficult for her to move. Her bulging belly was like a big watermelon covering her waist. Even Lin Xing, who was not very common sense, knew that her belly was too big. When Wang Yan came to visit, she was also surprised. Could it be twins?
"To be honest, I have never received a pregnant woman in the hospital, but I did learn some knowledge about pregnancy and childbirth in the training class before. Logically, the abdominal circumference of a six-month pregnant belly should be between 80 and 91 centimeters. Although the belly will bulge, it will not be like a big watermelon." It looked like she was about to give birth. She hesitantly touched her friend Gao Gao's belly, and the fetus inside happened to kick. The light and soft touch made her heart melt.
A scream was still stuck in my throat when another small footprint appeared on my belly. One, two, three? Okay, it was confirmed, there were twins inside.
In the dim yellow light of the fire, the three people carefully counted the small footprints on the belly, one, two, three... One disappeared here, and another appeared there. They counted back and forth several times but still couldn't count them all. After a few minutes, the fetus in the belly seemed to be tired of kicking, and there was no movement at all.
Wang Yan's eyes were full of envy. She had been married for more than half a year but there was no movement in her belly. She felt a little disgusted when she thought of the five men in her family. She worked hard every day, but the seeds she sowed did not bear fruit. It was really useless!
Before leaving, he touched Chen Qian's pregnant belly through his cotton coat, hoping to get some pregnancy information for himself.
After seeing off the guests, Lin Xing half-knelt down and stared at his wife's belly, his face showing a mixture of joy and worry. Chen Qian was a little puzzled: "What's wrong?"
The slightly swollen hands automatically touched his half-long hair, and the white and round fingers inserted into the black hair and combed it from top to bottom.
Lin Xing stroked her very carefully, as if afraid of disturbing the children's sweet dreams. Her sword-like brows were slightly furrowed. "It's not easy to be pregnant with a child, and you already have two in your belly. I remember that twins are prone to premature birth. The due date is estimated to be advanced. Besides, your body..."
This person's belly is only this big. If there are more children, the space will be smaller. If the baby is smaller, can the baby be born healthy?
He swallowed the words and did not dare to say them out loud for fear of scaring the woman who was pregnant. He was very anxious and even had dreams at night that his wife was giving birth prematurely. The baby was the size of a mouse. A few days later, a big bubble appeared under her tongue, which kept growing and shrinking, and did not get better for more than half a month.
By the seventh month, Chen Qian's belly was growing rapidly, getting bigger day by day. Her entire belly was stretched to the limit, with purple lines gradually appearing from her waist to her belly button. She had no choice but to ask Lin Xing to take some solidified lotion and apply it on her stretch marks every day. She didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but after a few days of applying it, she actually felt that the dark purple lines were indeed lighter.
At this time, her entire lower body was swollen, her feet had grown bigger, and her toes were swollen like chubby little white radishes. She could no longer wear her previous shoes, and could only wear Lin Xing's cotton shoes every day in the house.
Lin Xing thought of ways to supplement nutrition for his mother every day. He almost used up all the vegetables in the cellar, and he didn't eat any of the apples and oranges stored in the box. He gave his wife one meal a day to supplement vitamins, and from time to time he made soup with the deer and pork bones he had left over to supplement calcium.
As for the smoked mutton, he exchanged it with others for pork and beef. There was no other way. After becoming pregnant, Chen Qian's sense of smell became more sensitive, and the slightest smell of mutton would cause morning sickness.
In this way, the days passed one by one, and soon it was the day for the health guard to do prenatal check-ups. The couple got up early in the morning. Because there were a total of 7 pregnant women in their area, the health guard always arranged the prenatal check-up time according to the distance, and Chen Qian's family was the first one.
But after waiting for the whole morning, no health worker came. Chen Qian was very hungry. Some blood draws required fasting, and she hadn't eaten yet.
"Maybe something in the city has delayed me. I'll go cook first." Lin Xing went to the kitchen and took out a pot of delicious chicken soup from under the stove. It had been simmered over charcoal fire all night, and the chicken in the soup was already soft and fell apart with a light poke of chopsticks.
Leave a bowl of chicken soup aside, pour the rest of the soup into the pot and bring to a boil, add two handfuls of thin noodles and a few slices of green vegetables, sprinkle a handful of bean sprouts from cold beans when serving, simmer for another three to five minutes and sprinkle with some salt, and a pot of fragrant chicken soup noodles is ready.
While cooking the noodles, tear the chicken into strips, stir-fry the chopped onion and minced garlic, pour the onion oil on the chicken, finally add some fine salt, pour a circle of red oil on it, mix it evenly with your hands, and it becomes Chen Qian's favorite simple version of shredded chicken.
I don't know why, but she's been craving spicy food lately.
After the meal was served, heavy snow started falling outside and the wind became stronger and stronger. Lin Xing moved the charcoal basin to the side of the dining table and then helped his wife to the table.
Just as I was enjoying my meal, there was a hurried knock on the door outside the yard.
When they opened the door, they saw two huddled figures rolling in from the wind and snow. The first person who entered pulled down the scarf covering his face and grabbed Lin Xing's hand: "Captain Lin, you must save me!"
"Uncle Chen?" He frowned and let the person in.
Chen Luo, carrying his daughter on his back, entered the yard slowly but was stopped at the door.
"Let's go to the kitchen to cool down first. My wife is pregnant and it would be bad if we bring the air conditioner to the living room."
"It should be. It should be."
So he followed him to the stove in the kitchen and warmed himself by the fire. After he warmed himself up, Chen Luo took off the scarf and felt hat of the person behind him, revealing a miserable face.
"Uncle Chen, who is this?" After finishing her meal, Chen Qian stood far away, looking at the woman who seemed to have some difficulty in moving.
"My daughter, Chen Lan." Chen Luo did not introduce her in detail, but asked impatiently: "Captain Lin, can my daughter and I hide here for a few days? Don't worry, we are not staying here for nothing."
As he spoke, he took out a card for storing credit points and said, "I have saved a lot of credit points from doing business these days. If you let us stay for a few days, I will give them to you. I know that every family has a hard time this winter. I have brought my own food. All you need is a place for my daughter and me to stay."
The couple looked at each other, and saw the old man took out a large sack from under his cotton coat at the side, which seemed to be full of food.
"Uncle Chen, don't worry." Lin Xing helped him sit down and said slowly, "You came here and asked us to take you in for a few days. What's wrong? Did something happen in the city?"
After saying this, the old man wiped his face and forced a bitter smile.
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